Sagar Apollo: Working towards afforable healthcare

EHM News Bureau

Healthcare is no more a concept restricted to simple medication. Advanced healthcare is today an amalgamation of medical skills and sophisticated technology. Only when such high degree of skill and expensive technology is packaged at an affordable cost, advanced healthcare can be made available to majority of people. One such effort is seen at the 250 bed multi-specialty tertiary care Sagar Apollo Hospital which has put into practice such advanced affordable medical and surgical care at Bangalore without cutting corners. Sagar Apollo is a world class centre for complete healthcare. With seven OTs to perform critical surgeries in cardiology, neurology and orthopaedics, the hospital also offers the most sophisticated equipment in all departments.

Patients have the choice ranging from general wards to presidential suites. The strength of the hospital in the collective efforts of a team of experts. Dr Uday Khanolkar, chief cardiologist and Dr R Prabhakar, chief cardiovascular surgeon who have merged their skills to provide quality care are the backbones of the Sagar Apollo. Their commitment to cardiac care was rewarded by Dr D Prema Chandra Sagar, an entrepreneur-doctor who has established the Dayanand Sagar group of educational institutes.

The Department of Cardiovascular sciences is the showcase of the hospital. Dr Uday Khanolkar has already demonstrated his expertise by performing angioplasty and related complicated procedures in numerous cases since its inception. Dr Prabhakar has been instrumental in performing more than 98 per cent of heart operations on beating heart with limited anesthesia and blood transfusion. The hospital is an epitome of western skills and eastern hospitality amalgamated to meet international standards.

Another expert Dr H P C Khincha, is an orthopaedic and trauma consultant whose department specialises in joint replacement surgeries and tumor surgeries with limb preservation procedures, arthroscopic surgery of joints (key hole surgeries), spinal surgeries, sports medicine, etc in addition to the regular orthopaedic and trauma treatment. Also is Dr K N Krishna, the coordinator of the neuro sciences department with a dedicated neuro intensive care unit. The department is equipped to handle brain and spinal cord tumors and trauma, surgical and medical treatment of epilepsy, various forms of strokes and CVA, paediatric brain and spinal disorders with minimally invasive neurosurgery with a renowned team of neuro physicians and neuro surgeons to treat all neurological disorders.

The well known Apollo group of hospitals, which manages hospitals in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and UAE, has contributed the management know-how in order to professionally manage the Sagar Apollo Hospital, which is all set to usher in revolution in healthcare and medical services in the city.